Quotes about Switzerland

I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland. Votes: 8

It's tough to find a place not to like in Switzerland. Votes: 8

Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end. Votes: 8

I've always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives. Votes: 8

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock! Votes: 8

Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate. Votes: 8

Switzerland is a small, steep country, much more up and down than sideways, and is all stuck over with large brown hotels built on the cuckoo clock style of architecture. Votes: 8

Indian films have this obsession with hygienic clean spaces, even though the country's not so clean. They're either shot in the studios or shot in London, in America, in Switzerland - clean places. Everywhere except India. Votes: 8

And it is practically the same in the case of the four or five million poor peasants in France, and also for Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, and two of the Scandinavian countries. Everywhere small and medium sized industry prevails. Votes: 8

I got to go to Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Madrid, America. Votes: 6

My rank is the highest known in Switzerland: I'm a free citizen. Votes: 6

I'm tellin' ya I get no respect. When I was in Switzerland, I got an obscene yodel. Votes: 6

Switzerland is simply a large, lumpy, solid rock with a thin skin of grass stretched over it. Votes: 6

That day, my first day on the job, was September 11, 2001! I was actually being recognized by Switzerland the very day that the World Trade Center was hit. Votes: 6

Senator John Kerry released his plan today to eliminate the deficit. He said all we have to do is find a really rich country like Switzerland and marry it. Votes: 6

Internationally, I love going to Switzerland. I went there many times for shooting and loved the Alps, the tranquility, cleanliness, the greenery and the warmth of the people there. Votes: 6

Switzerland is a land where crime is virtually unknown, yet most Swiss males are required by law to keep in their homes what amounts to a portable, personal machine gun. Votes: 6

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in, everybody. Votes: 6

It is the middle of December now, and we are about to travel to Switzerland - where we plan to ski a little, relax a little, and shoot a Dutch politician a little. Votes: 6

In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace - and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. Votes: 6

I'm quite fond of Switzerland. I love Switzerland. Votes: 4

In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland. Votes: 4

Switzerland is part of the fight against terrorism. There is no neutrality against this threat. Votes: 4

If we heard that somebody starved to death in Sweden or Switzerland, we would be shocked. Votes: 4

I'll put it frankly - Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the other countries. Votes: 4

I keep a very low profile in Switzerland. There are only about 2,000 people in the village I live in, so it's a quiet town. Votes: 4

So far, therefore, as we can draw safe conclusions from a single specimen, there has been no marked change of race in the human population of Switzerland during the periods above considered. Votes: 4

My wife and I have spent most of our lives in France, and we are both pretty well bilingual, my wife more purely than I, since as a little girl she went to school in French Switzerland. Votes: 4

I want to know where is that committee in Switzerland that sits to decide what is in and what is out. I don't listen to the formula makers. I think maybe I have a selective hearing disorder. Votes: 4

It's the change of rhythm which I think is what keeps me alive. In Spain I hear so much noise from my window that can't stand it. In Switzerland it's the lack of noise that drives me crazy. Votes: 4

Until 1914 I loved to travel; I often went to Italy and once spent a few months in India. Since then I have almost entirely abandoned travelling, and I have not been outside of Switzerland for over ten years. Votes: 4

I'm not talking about Russia in my music. I've never been to Russia. I'm not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China. I'm talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life. Votes: 4

The fiesta of soccer, a feast for the legs that play and the eyes that watch, is much more than a big business run by overlords from Switzerland. The most popular sport in the world wants to serve the people who embrace it. Votes: 4

In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace - and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. Votes: 4

I think the nice thing about showing work in New York is that other artists come to see it. When you show work in Switzerland or somewhere else, everywhere else seems to be the provinces in a certain way. You wonder what your paintings are doing on the walls and you wonder who's looking at them. Votes: 4

Space, like Switzerland, should be neutral. Votes: 3

I live in Italy. I visit my family in Switzerland. Votes: 3

I've lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German. Votes: 3

I'm Switzerland; neutral as can be, and also with great chocolate. Votes: 3

Switzerland would me a mighty big place if it were ironed flat. Votes: 3

I never left France for Hollywood nor stashed my money in Switzerland. Votes: 3

No one really likes Switzerland, except those who prefer cleanliness to life. Votes: 3

I don't like Switzerland; it has produced nothing but theologians and waiters. Votes: 3

My main place is in Switzerland, but I live on a plane, really. Votes: 3

I've always considered the French-speaking part of Switzerland as a province of France. Votes: 3

Lenin had taken part in Jewish student meetings in Switzerland thirty-five years before. Votes: 3

I am Switzerland. I refuse to be affected by territorial disputes between mythical creatures. Votes: 3

No score in the other game betwen top club and bottom club, Switzerland and Georgia. Votes: 3

I was born in Switzerland. Everyone thinks I'm Swiss, but I'm actually German. I'm from Germany. Votes: 3

There was the joke about Switzerland being an island surrounded by land. This was never true. Votes: 3

I have no desire to vote for French politicians, and I'm not entitled to vote in Switzerland. Votes: 3

Iraq may still have a decent outcome...but even if it becomes Switzerland, we overpaid for it. Votes: 3

I just got back from Switzerland, which I've never been to. I went to Switzerland and Amsterdam. Votes: 3

Switzerland is my favorite place now, because it's so - nothing. There is absolutely nothing to do. Votes: 3

I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland. Votes: 3

The outbreak of the war found my wife and me in Switzerland, where we were taking a cure. Votes: 3

I initially moved to Switzerland for work on an animated feature film, and have been here ever since. Votes: 3

In 25 years of exile, I've never had a frozen account, either in Switzerland or elsewhere in the world. Votes: 3

Switzerland is a curst, selfish, swinish country of brutes, placed in the most romantic region of the world. Votes: 3

Pennsylvania, the state that has produced two great men: Benjamin Franklin of Massachusetts, and Albert Gallatin of Switzerland. Votes: 3

In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in 1959 I moved to Lugano, Switzerland. Votes: 3

I wouldn't burden any decent system of faith by participating in it... I'm not agnostic. Just nonpartisan. Theological Switzerland, that's me. Votes: 3

I am an international citizen conceived in Russia, born in England, working in Hollywood, living in Switzerland, and touring the World. Votes: 3

He's an American, qualified to play for Wales because he has a Welsh grandmother, who was on the bench against Switzerland. Votes: 3

When I'm in the Switzerland backcountry and nobody around looks like me, people were like, 'Can I touch your hair?' Votes: 3

Switzerland still has a huge share of the watch market, all advertised at the airport on illuminated hoardings. Gosh, they are ugly. Votes: 3

The truth is I studied fine arts in Switzerland. I was just interested. I had no dream of being a movie star. Votes: 3

As secretary of state you can go out in a helmet if you want to. Even in Switzerland in front of reporters. Votes: 3

When all the world is socialist, Switzerland will have to remain capitalist, so that it can tell us the price of everything. Votes: 3

I grew up in Switzerland, in this kind of rigidity. It was Protestant, and I was rather shy. That influenced me a lot. Votes: 3

This is a strange, little, complacent country [Switzerland], in many ways a USA in miniature but of course nearer the center of disturbance! Votes: 3

Switzerland is the perfect place where you have volatility at a municipal level that nothing up top - small units competing with each other. Votes: 3

Hey," says Hayden, "I'm Switzerland; neutral as can be, and also with great chocolate." "Get lost," Roland tells him. "Already am." And Hayden strolls away. Votes: 3

James Joyce wrote the definitive work about Dublin while he was living in Switzerland. We're all where we come from. We all have our roots. Votes: 3

Norway or Switzerland are two marvelous countries, I very much admire, the most advanced countries in the world in fact with great qualities of life. Votes: 3

I was born and raised in Nigeria. We lived in England when I was 3 and 4, and I would go to summer school every year in Switzerland. Votes: 3

So, thanks God, our films, our first films were suddenly being appreciated by the Western media; especially France was very good, and Switzerland was very good. Votes: 3

I am, I flatter myself, completely a citizen of the world. In my travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Corsica, France, I never felt myself from home. Votes: 3

For our purposes you can consider it a small country between Germany and France." "But there isn't anything between Germany and France. Except Switzerland." "Precisely," said Jace. Votes: 3

I started going to exhibitions in Switzerland when I was 10 or 11. As a schoolboy, I would go every afternoon to see the long, thin figures of Giacometti. Votes: 3

Just as we bemoan the passing away of the Great Novel, a great novelist is likely to emerge, perhaps even from Denmark or Switzerland, to prove us wrong. Votes: 3

I was a garbage man in New Jersey in summers during college at Yale. Everybody else got to go to Switzerland and I got to go to the dump. Votes: 3

Switzerland has no competition. It sits in the middle of Europe, it has the highest technological development, it's legally safe and the political circumstances are never going to change. Votes: 3

You never knew what to expect with Ingrid. One minute she could be sawing the locks off Pierpont's freezers; the next, providing shelter for the homeless birds of Switzerland. Votes: 3

I think the U.K. would be perfectly successful as a standalone country, part of the European marketplace like Norway and Switzerland but without the expensive E.U. bureaucracy. Votes: 3

Money comes to Switzerland through three illegal sources: tax evasion in other developed countries, the blood money of dictators and other rulers in the Third World and organized crime. Votes: 3

How could you get mad at someone who neither needed to attack nor was at all worried about being able to defend? It was like getting mad at Switzerland. Votes: 3

Everybody was upset that Vladimir Putin was missing. He was in Switzerland with his girlfriend. She had a baby in Switzerland because in Russia childbirth is not covered by Putin-care. Votes: 3

I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal. Votes: 3

I was born in Belgium. I went to school in England and in Switzerland, then I came to America, so I really feel like I am a citizen of the world. Votes: 3

Everybody says Steve McManaman played on the left for me in Euro 96 but he never played on the left. The one time he did play on the left was against Switzerland. Votes: 3

Despite the fact that I spend a lot of time in London, Switzerland and New York, Africa is the place I know and love best, and my heart will always lie here. Votes: 3

That's where the economy is going. It went somewhere. Just not to America. And the money made? That went to the Cayman Islands and Switzerland. Not back here. Never to be taxed. Votes: 3

The only thing you can be sure of, Herr March, is that - whoever wins - still standing when the smoke of battle clears will be the banks of the cantons of Switzerland. Votes: 3

Kosovo is too close to Europe. It is not only close to Albania, it is close to Greece, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, where there are still many Kosovo refugees. Spontaneous reactions could multiply. Votes: 3

In Switzerland, on a high mountain, not far from Lucerne, there is a lake they call Pilate's Pond, which the Devil has fixed upon as one of the chief residences of his evil spirits.... Votes: 3

Switzerland felt incredibly narrow, growing up. It was good, in a way. There were so many museums. But it was always a no-brainer that I would have to leave, and I'm grateful for that. Votes: 3

If you look at countries that are comparable, like Switzerland or Germany, for example, they have mixed systems. They don't have just a single-payer system, but they have very clear controls over budgeting and accountability. Votes: 3

They may be big in Switzerland, but so are yodellers, and nobody wants to watch them fight. Heavyweight title fights should be huge events, not an afterthought in a country most famous for producing chocolate. Votes: 3

I grew up partially in Switzerland but mostly in Australia. I lived in Kakadu for a short time - it's an Aboriginal community. My best friend growing up was Aboriginal. She taught me so much. Votes: 3

I loved my mission in Switzerland and Germany. As I left on the train from Basel, Switzerland, tears flowed down my cheeks because I knew then that my full-time service in the Church had ended. Votes: 3

To do so, we are creating a Fairness for Switzerland Committee that will not only disseminate some of the facts, but also protect a relationship that is important to all of us in North America. Votes: 3

To be an artist at all is like living in Switzerland during a world war. To be an artist in Zurich, in 1917, implies a degree of self-absorption that would have glazed over the eyes of Narcissus. Votes: 3

I remember Agassi playing Federer in Basel, Switzerland in 1998, and Andre was already saying at that time that Federer would be tough. Usually at the time players are 17, you can see if they will be great. Votes: 3

A U.N. study claims the happiest country in the world is Switzerland. When asked why they're so happy, Swiss people couldn't answer because their hands were counting money and their mouths were full of chocolate. Votes: 3

The first time I passed through the country (Switzerland) I had the impression it was swept down with a broom from one end to the other every morning by housewives who dumped all the dirt in Italy. Votes: 3

That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there's more jealousy in Switzerland because it's so little and they don't have so many athletes. Votes: 3

The spirit of International Geneva is not only a catchword. It stands for Switzerland's commitment to advance international cooperation and dialogue - and we make every effort to ensure that the dynamics of the Geneva spirit are real. Votes: 3

Well, see, there's this cave in Switzerland I really need to find.' She slipped on her sunglasses; was already in the middle of the street when she turned and looked back at Hale and Gabrielle. 'You coming? Votes: 3

Until 1914 I loved to travel; I often went to Italy and once spent a few months in India. Since then I have almost entirely abandoned travelling, and I have not been outside of Switzerland for over ten years. Votes: 3

I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland; he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person. Votes: 3

After a summer trip to Switzerland, which was rich in experiences, I started writing. In the beginning, I aimed at descriptions of nature and folk life until, as the years passed, the description of man became my chief interest. Votes: 3

My German heritage, it's through food. Growing up in Switzerland, the thing that I remember the most is the food. And so the way that I experience people and places is through that - through its food and cuisine. Votes: 3

I began to travel by myself, in Europe, when I was eight years old. At that age I was already on the move between India and Swizerland, Switzerland and France, France and England. Administering my own finances like an adult. Votes: 3

Onward' was a song I wrote in Montreux, in Switzerland, when we were there camping out for the whole winter. In the summer, Montreux is a really, really big summertime-touristy, full-of-life kind of place. In the winter, it closes down. Votes: 3

Although I had resigned my commission as an officer two years before, I immediately left Switzerland, accompanied by my wife, in order to report for duty. As it happened, a wire reached me a day later calling me to the colors. Votes: 3

Every country has its cocktail-party question. A simple one-sentence query, the answer to which unlocks a motherlode of information about the person you just met.... In Switzerland it is, Where are you from? That is all you need to know about someone. Votes: 3

Switzerland has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, the strongest currency and the largest financial center for foreign assets. And we're a small country with no natural resources. Switzerland is the world capital of dealing in stolen goods. Votes: 3

It's good to visit Hawaii if you're seeking power. You don't really need to live here. Just to come over for a week is enough. Switzerland is another spot like this. It's very similar. These are the two clearest spots, Switzerland and Hawaii. Votes: 3

I am convinced that when Nietzsche came to Switzerland and went insane, it was not because of venereal disease, though he did have this disease. Rather, it was because he understood that insanity was the only philosophic answer if the infinite-personal God does not exist. Votes: 3

I do miss things about Britain. I think there was a misconception, there definitely was, that I left because of bad press, and being pilloried. I left Britain because I fell in love with someone who lived in Switzerland - that was the main thing. Votes: 3

England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes as to fetter the step of Freedom, more proud and firm in this youthful land than where she treads the sequestered glens of Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains of Switzerland. Votes: 3

I am at a climbing area called the Wendenstock in Switzerland. This area has some of the best quality multi-pitch climbing I have seen on limestone. There is about a two-hour approach on one of the steepest grass slopes I have ever seen. The setting is amazing. Votes: 3

When you think of a safe and solid arbitration place, you think of Switzerland, Sweden, Canada. Those attributes may be associated with clichés, but I think they resonate with a lot of people and they are a solid base for Canada to co-operate and help others. Votes: 3

With terminal illness, your fate is sealed. Morally, we're more comfortable with a situation where you don't cause death, but you hasten it. We think that's a bright line. Comparing the U.S. with Switzerland, where assisted suicide is legal for patients suffering 'intolerable health problems.' Votes: 3

I never expected i, in the first place, when I started playing tennis, that I would ever carry the flag into the Olympic Stadium for an Olympic Games... So for me that was a surprise and a huge honor in my life to be able to represent Switzerland. Votes: 3

I love Switzerland. It's so clean and cool. We don't get much snow where I live so I get real excited in Lausanne and Geneva. I'd like to buy a house there when I'm older and settle down. It's all so cute that it looks like a movie set. Votes: 3

I was born in South Africa during apartheid, a system of laws that made it illegal for people to mix in South Africa. And this was obviously awkward because I grew up in a mixed family. My mother's a black woman, South African Xhosa woman... and my father's Swiss, from Switzerland. Votes: 2

The whole world is set up so that for places like Switzerland to exist, that are crime-free and with the best care for everybody, you have to have places like Sudan, or Jamaica. But really, there's enough to share, when you check it. It's not that complicated, really. It's probably less thinking and more feeling that's required. Votes: 2